Yolanda C. Brunetti
Yolanda C. Petti Brunetti, 100, of Connellsville, Pa., died Tuesday, June 10,2003 in her residence. She was born August 28, 1902 in Scontrone Abbruzzi, Italy, daughter of Giovanni Petti and Cesaria Gatti Petti.
Mrs. Brunetti moved to Connellsville in 1930.
She was a member for over 70 years of St. Rita Roman Catholic Church where, at the time of her death, was one of the oldest living members.
She was also a member of the St. Rita Confraternity of Christian Mothers.
Her husband, James Brunetti, died March 25, 1975. Also deceased are two brothers, Luigi and William Petti, three sisters, Filomena D’Onofrio, Primena DeSedario, Carmella Pizzi, and parents.
She is survived by two daughters: Mary Fiano of Connellsville and Amelia Rodgers of Uniontown, Pa.; six grandchildren: Gerard Fiano and his wife, Joyce, and their daughter Kasie, Christopher Fiano and his wife, Jane, and their children Christopher, Anna and Sarah, and Jeffrey Fiano and his wife, Renee, and their children, Elizabeth, Maria, Michael and Vincent and grandchildren Ann, John and Maureen and their families.
Friends will be received in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 East Green Street, Connellsville, Pa., today and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. where a Blessing Service will be held Saturday, June 14, at 9:30 a.m.
A Funeral Mass follows at 10 a.m. in St. Rita Roman Catholic Church, Connellsville, with Rev. Frank Lesniowski as Celebrant.
Interment will follow in St. Rita’s Cemetery.
The Christian Mothers will join in a Parish Wake Service in the Funeral Home on Friday at 8 p.m.
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